St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-26
territory. who are familiar with the par
ties implicated and the facts of the case.
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Annual Meeting To Be Held at
Huron on Dec. 16---Candidatcs
for the Legislature To Be
Pledged.

Pledged.
| Special to the Globe.
HURON, Oak, Nov. 25.-The annual
meeting of the Dakota Farmers ALI
ance, to be held here OH the 10th of next
month. is likely to be attended by repre-
Sentatives from all parts of the terri
tory. The call for this meeting urges
| local alliances to send full delegations
| of their best men, and suggests that
| they be thoroughly posted on all mat
! tiers pertaining to the interests of the
| organization. From present indications
| some political Significance will attach to
! this meeting. 1t is understood that a
| number of bills pertaining to legislative
matters are being prepared and will be
! submitted for discussion and approval.
| One of the measures will be relative to
warehouse and railroad matters, freight
rates, etc. Another will include inSur-
ance, and a third will have some
thing to do with interest rates
and taxation. These measures are
deemed OF vital Importance and will
doubtless be very carefully considered.
III. L.LOuckes, president of the alliance,
states that it is the intention of the eX-
ecutive committee to have present at
the approaching annual meeting a com
mlttee OF thoroughly
COMPETENT LEGAL GENTLEMEN
to give advice on legal points. He says
further:
Having all our principal bills pre-
pared we expect TO pledge all candidates
for legislative hOnOrs to support those
bills Just as prepared. without altera-
ton or amendment, if they expect our
support.
MIR. Louckes notes the necessity and
importance of local alliances holding a
meeting on Dee. 3 to discuss such meas
ureS as are likely to need attention
from the legislature. He believes that
the coming meetings can be made
more valuable to farmers than any past
legislature has been.
1t is very evident from the tone of the
call for the annual meeting that the
leaders of the organization do not pro-
pose to allow the interests of the farmer
to be tempered with by scheming poll
ticians. The LESSONS taught and the sad
experiences of last winter at Bismarck
need not be repeated by the next
assembly. If candidates for office want
the votes and influence of the Farmers
Alliance of Dakota, they must first
pledge themselves to support such meas
ureS as the alliance may suggest. These
pledges will be strongly drawn. TOdis-
regard them means black eye for the
man seeking political preferment A
black eye from SO formidable body as
the Farmers alliance is
EQUIVALENT TO POLITICA AL DEATH,
so far as support from the farmer is con-
cerned.
Interest in the deliberations of the
annual meeting is rapidly developing,
and by the time the delegates assemble
it is likely to become intense. This in
terest is being created and fostered by
those more especially interested and ac-
tive in the work. A sort of skeleton
programme has been prepared and sent
to all local alliances, accompanied with
circulars giving instructions and vOlun-
teering suggestions. The programme,
as far as arranged. is as follows:
Tuesday Manufacturing exercises
and appointment of committees. After
noon-RepOrtS of officers. Evening
Reports from alliances, county and
local.
"Wednesday MOrning-Report of ALI
ance Hall association. Discussion.
AfternOon-RepOrt of Incorporated
company. Discussion. Evening"
session with Dakota Horticultural aSSo-
citation.
Thursday Morning-Reports of stand
ing committee ana legislative pro-
gramme. This is likely to occupy the
entire day.
Friday-Election of officers and
special business.
1t is suggested that delegates bring
their wives, thus making the meeting
more pleasant socially. besides it will
give all an opportunity of becoming
acouaintad